Combined side door and seat for carriages



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E. SELEN.. GQMBINED ,SIDVEVDOOR AND SEAT-FOR GARRIAGES. No; 514,968..

Patented Feb; 20,-.1894.

WITNESSES: 'INVENTOR:

Zn" Erik selen f 7 BY v VATTORNEVYS UNITED" STATES PA ENT OFFICE. I

ERIK SELEN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COMBINED SIDE DOOR AND SEA T'FOR CA RRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters IPatent No. 514,968 dated February 20, 1894. Application filed November 17,1893. Serial No. 491,212- (No model-l To all whom it may oanccrn:

Be it 'known that I, ERIK SELEN, a citizen I of the United States, residing in Newark,

- erence marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in a combined side door and movable seat for vehicles such as traps, 850.; and

it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts whereby when the door of the" vehicle is opened one of the seats preferably in front of the vehicle is automatically raised out of the Way-to permit access to the other seats, and it consists also'in the combination and arrangement .of the variousparts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which Figurelis a side elevation ofa carriage containing my improvement; Fig. 2 an end elevation thereof and Fig. 3 a top plan view of the same. g

In saiddrawings (1 represents the body of a carriage, generally called trap, b one of the front seats thereof preferably fixed, and c the rear seats. The door d is hinged to the front of the body a as at 01' (Figs. 2 and 3). Pivoted as at etc about the center of the door d is an arm 9 which extends beneath the movable front seat f and partially underneath the fixed front seat b. The end of this arm 9 is pivotally secured to a brace or stay h. The end of this brace h terminates in a platet' which'is secured firmly to the underneath surface of the movable seat f. The movable seat fis provided at either side of the end contiguous to the fixed seat b, with a hinge plate k which is pivoted as at m to a corresponding-upright n on the fixed seat.

In operation, when the door dis opened, the arm 9 pivoted thereto is drawn out and through the brace h throws the seat f upward into averti'cal position as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. The seat f turns on the pivots m on the uprights n of seat I). It is manifest that either one or both of the seats I) and f can be operated by the door, or either side through the arm 9 and brace h.

I do not intend to limit myself-to the precise construct ion and detail of parts hereinabove described as various modifications thereof may be made without departing from the principles of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. The combination in a vehicle,of the door, a fixed seat, and a movable seat hinged to the inner side of said fixed seat, with a brace secured at one end underneath said movable seat, an arm pivoted to the other end of said brace and to the door, all arranged so that when said door is opened the movable seat is swung inward and upward on its hinges into a vertical position, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination in a vehicle, of the door,

a fixed seat,and a movable seat placed alongside of said fixed seat, with the plate isecured to the under surface of said movable seat, a brace h secured to said plate '5, an arm g'pivoted to said brace h and to the door, a hinge plate secured to the edge of the movable seat and an upright rt secured to said fixed seat and pivoted to said hinge plate, all arranged so that when said door is opened out-' ward, the movable seat is turnedon said upright inward and upward into a vertical position, substantially as shown and described.

1 In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November, 1893.

I ERIK s'ELEN.

Witnesses; V I

ALFRED GARTNER,

HENRY E. E'VERDING. 

